Bill Barry (politician)

Bill Barry
Minister of Health
In office
21 November 1945 – 20 November 1947
PremierJohn Cain
Preceded byWilliam Haworth
Succeeded byAlbert Dunstan
In office
17 December 1952 – 31 March 1955
Preceded byBill Fulton
Succeeded byVal Doube
Minister of Housing
In office
21 November 1945 – 20 November 1947
PremierJohn Cain
Preceded byWilliam Haworth
Succeeded byArthur Warner
Minister of Forests
In office
21 November 1945 – 20 November 1947
PremierJohn Cain
Preceded byWilliam Everard
Succeeded byAlexander Dennett
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Carlton
In office
10 July 1932 – 22 April 1955
Preceded byRobert Solly
Succeeded byDenis Lovegrove
Personal details
Born
William Peter Barry

(1899-06-30)30 June 1899
Northcote, Victoria
Died21 December 1972(1972-12-21) (aged 73)
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Resting placeMelbourne General Cemetery
Political partyLabor Party
Other political
affiliations		Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)
Democratic Labor Party
Spouse
Mary Moodie
​
(m. 1926)​

William Peter Barry (30 June 1899 – 21 December 1972) was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Carlton from July 1932 until April 1955. Barry was a member of the Labor Party until March 1955, when he was expelled from the party as part of the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. He became, with Les Coleman in the Victorian Legislative Council, joint leader of the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), a party that in 1957 became the Democratic Labor Party.[1][2]

Barry was educated at St Brigid's School, North Fitzroy, Victoria and at St George's School, Carlton. He was a tobacco worker and union official before entering Parliament, and was considered close to John Wren, the Victorian entrepreneur.[3]

  1. ^ Robert Murray (1970), The Split, F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, page 249.
  2. ^ Ainsley Symons (2012), 'Democratic Labor Party members in the Victorian Parliament of 1955-1958,' in Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch) No. 275, November, Pages 4-5.
  3. ^ Browne, Geoff. "Barry, William Peter (Bill) (1899–1972)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 26 September 2017.